Thoughts About Perfection

Perfection

There is a passion for perfection which you rarely see fully developed, but...in successful lives it is never wholly lacking. - Bliss Carman

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. - Aristotle

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. - Michelangelo

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; she requires the hand of time. - Voltaire

I never wanted to set records. The only thing I strived for was perfection. - Wilt Chamberlain

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. - Harriet Beraiker

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. - George Orwell

Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing you best. - Sir Laurence Olivier

Strive for perfection in everything. Take the best that exists and make it better. If it doesn't exist, create it. Accept nothing nearly right or good enough. - Henry Royce

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; she requires the hand of time. - Voltaire

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful. - Annette Funicello

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. - Anna Quindlen

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials. - Chinese Proverb

Nature does not demand that we be perfect. It requires only that we grow. - Josh Liebman